Stuffed doll



Dec. 23,1941. 'M. E. MURRAY STUFFED 1301.1;

Filed Oct. 2, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 DA. N E V ATTORNEY.

Deg. 23, 194 1. M.-E. IIVYI'URRAYI STUFFED DOLL Filed Oct. 2, 1940 ,2Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 23, 1941 UNITED STATES M om-CE STUFFED DOLLMary E. Murray, Newtonville, Mass. Application October 2, 1940, SerialNo. 359,425

2 Claims. (01. 46 -158) I A The presentv invention relates to new anduseful improvements in dolls and has for its primary object to providean article of this character in which the body, head, arms and legs aswell as the other portions of the doll are constructed of blank sheetsof material folded in a predeter mined manner and sewn along the edgeportions thereof to providehollow portions which may be filled with asuitable material to provide a soft, yielding body of light weight,adapted particularly for useby infants and without embodying any hard orrough surfaces which might injure the infant while handling the doll.

An important object of the present invention is to provide novel meansfor constructing and attaching the several parts forming the doll.

A still further object is to provide a doll of this character of simpleand practical construction, which is neat and attractive in appearance,relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for thepurposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction asmore fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals referto like parts throughout and in which Figure 1 is a front elevationalview of the completed doll,

Figure 2 is a rear elevational view thereof,

Figure 3 is a rear perspective view,

Figure 4 is a plan view of a blank for the head of the doll showing thesame in folded position,

Figure 5 is a similar view of the ear,

Figure 6 is a similar view of the body portion,

Figure 7 is a similar view of one arm,

Figure 8 is a plan View of the blank from which one of the legs isconstructed,

Figure 9 is a similar view of the blank from which the side portions ofa foot are constructed,

Figure 10 is a plan view of the blank for constructing the sole of thefoot,

Figure 11 is a plan View of the blank for the head of the doll,

Figure 12 is a plan view of the blank for one arm of the doll before thesame has been folded, and

Figure 13 is a similar view for the body.

Referring now to the drawings in detail,

wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferredembodiment of the invention, it will be seen that the face and head ofthe doll are made of a single sheet of knitted material medial line asillustrated in Figure'and'stitched along the seam as shown by thedotted'line 2. The material is folded wrong side out and stitched alongthe seam 2 as indicated A dartis made at the point indicated at '3 toshape'ftheneck. The upper edge of the'inate'rial forming the head iscurved outwardly from the foldedmedial line to form the rounded top ofthe head. I

The ears are composed of two pieces of material sewn fiatwise togetheralong theddtted line indicated at 4 asshowninlligure 5. These-pieces ofmaterial are sewn andturned so that the seam is on the inside. They arestitched to the head by sewing above the dart 3 along-the dotted lineindicated at 4;- The head may be stuffed with kapok, wool, cottonorother suitable ma-- terial and the edges of the head are gathered andsewn to the body as indicated at 5 in Figure 2.

The material is cut longer at the front of the head as shown by the formin Figure 4 so that when sewn and stuffed there are proper proportionsfor the chin and neck.

The body is composed of a single piece of 'material 6 as shown in Figure13. The material is folded along a medial line as shown in Figure 6 andstitched along a seam on the wrong side as indicated by the dotted lineat 12. A dart is stitched to form a seam on the wrong side as shown at 1in Figure 6. This dart shapes the abdomen when the stuffing is inserted.The bottom edges of the body are next sewn together to form a seamindicated by the dotted lines at 8 and If) in Figure 6. The rear edgesindicated at V I 4 in Figure 6 are next stitched together to make aseam. The lower portion of the seam indicated at I4 is especiallydesigned to form the buttocks M.

The legs and feet are each formed of three pieces as shown in Figures 8,9 and 10. The leg indicated at 20' in Figure 8 is folded longitudinallyalong a medial line and stitched along the seam, on the wrong side, asindicated by the dotted line at 2|. The foot as shown in Figure 9 isjoined to the leg by a seam indicated by the dotted line 22 on Figures 8and 9. The heel of the foot is formed by a seam indicated by dotted line23 and the sole of the foot as shown in Figure 10 is stitched to thesides of the foot portion 7 along a seam indicated by the dotted line24.

The leg is shaped to form the knee as indicated at 2| and the buttocksas indicated at 20. The

leg is attached to the body by a seam so that the shown at l in Figure11, which is folded along a 56 eam 2| joins the body at the dart 9' onthe seam indicated at 9. The numeral [9 indicates the inside portion ofthe leg. I

The arm is composed'of a single piece of material l5 as shown in Figure12. The material is folded on a longitudinal medial line as shown inFigure '7 and stitched along a seam as indicated by the dotted line H.The arm is attached to the body by a seam indicated by the dotted linel6 so that the seam I1 joins the body at the dart l3 on the seam [3 asshown in Figure 6.

All of the seams of the doll body are sewn on the wrong side.

After the arms and legs have been sewn and attached to the body andturned inside out, so that all the seams are on the inside, the body isthen stufied with kapok, wool, cotton or other suitable material.

The upper edges of the body indicated at l l are gathered and sewntogether. The head is then sewed onto the body at the dotted lineindicated. at 5 in Figure 6.. The upper part of the body indicated at Mis then sewed together. The outlining of the toes are then formed bysmall lines of stitching as indicated at 30 in Figuresjl and 3. Theoutlining of the fingers are formed by three lines of stitching asindicated at I Bin Figure '7.

From the'foregoing it 'will be understood that the outside portions ofthe doll are formed of soft material and the hollow portions of the dollare stuffed with suitable soft material to provide a doll which may behandled by infants and other children without danger of injuringthemselves.

It is believed the details of construction, and advantages of thearticle will be readily understood from the foregoing without furtherdetailed explanation.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is- V 1. A dollcomprising a head portion formed of a sheet of knitted material havingits upper edge curved outwardly toward each side from the center of thesheet and connected at the curved portions to form a rounded, hollow topfor the head, the lower edge of said sheet forming the head portionbeing inclined upwardly from its center to form the front, sides andback of the neck, and adapted to be curved inwardly to provide a.restricted connecting edge for the head and body, leg and arm portionsalso formed of individual sheets of flexible material having edgeportions secured together to form a hollow body, leg and arm members, asoft filler in said head, body, arm and leg members and means forsecuring the members to each other in assembled relation.

2. A doll comprising a hollow head, body, leg and arm portions adaptedto receive a filler of soft material, said body being formed of a singlesheet of flexible material having its vertical edges connected together,said sheet of material having downwardly extending substantially ovalslots in its upper edge defining the front and back of the body andforming armholes for attaching the upper ends of the arms thereto,inwardly curved portions in the lower edge of said sheet formingopenings for attaching the legs thereto and an upwardly extendingV-shaped notch in said lower edge of said sheet between the leg openingsand forming a dart to take up material at the crotch portion of the bodywhen the sheet is folded.

' MARY E. MURRAY.

